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configuring X on a PWS 500a running NetBSD 5.1/Alpha

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Ryan Pugatch

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Feb 6, 2011, 4:10:13 PM2/6/11
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Hi,

I have a DEC PWS 500a running NetBSD 5.1/Alpha. I'd like to configure
X, but I am pretty sure NetBSD Alpha is using XFree86 which is a pain to
configure. Is there any existing documentation on how to appropriately
configure X for this system? I figured I'd ask first before I spend
hours hammering at xf86..

Thanks,

Ryan

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Feb 6, 2011, 7:24:40 PM2/6/11
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Hi Ryan,

Have you tried the bog std script xf86config ? There was another one
XF86Setup (I think I have the caps correct).

Al.

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Ryan Pugatch

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Feb 6, 2011, 7:47:30 PM2/6/11
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On 2/6/11 7:24 PM, ..I'd rather be coding ASM! wrote:
>
> Hi Ryan,
>
> Have you tried the bog std script xf86config ? There was another one
> XF86Setup (I think I have the caps correct).
>
> Al.
>


Interestingly enough, neither exist. However, XalphaNetBSD, X, and
startx exist.. so I am not sure why that is missing. I remember back in
the day with xf86 was the norm I'd always use xf86config. I wonder if
maybe I need to install something from pkgsrc? I did the 'full' install
of NetBSD - so my assumption is everything /should/ be there.

Manuel Bouyer

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Feb 7, 2011, 3:40:47 PM2/7/11
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On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 07:47:30PM -0500, Ryan Pugatch wrote:
> On 2/6/11 7:24 PM, ..I'd rather be coding ASM! wrote:
> >
> >Hi Ryan,
> >
> >Have you tried the bog std script xf86config ? There was another one
> >XF86Setup (I think I have the caps correct).
> >
> >Al.
> >
>
>
> Interestingly enough, neither exist. However, XalphaNetBSD, X, and
> startx exist.. so I am not sure why that is missing. I remember
> back in the day with xf86 was the norm I'd always use xf86config. I
> wonder if maybe I need to install something from pkgsrc? I did the
> 'full' install of NetBSD - so my assumption is everything /should/
> be there.

XalphaNetBSD doesn't use a XF86Config file.

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Ryan Pugatch

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Feb 7, 2011, 3:52:42 PM2/7/11
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On 02/07/2011 03:40 PM, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 07:47:30PM -0500, Ryan Pugatch wrote:
>> On 2/6/11 7:24 PM, ..I'd rather be coding ASM! wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Ryan,
>>>
>>> Have you tried the bog std script xf86config ? There was another one
>>> XF86Setup (I think I have the caps correct).
>>>
>>> Al.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Interestingly enough, neither exist. However, XalphaNetBSD, X, and
>> startx exist.. so I am not sure why that is missing. I remember
>> back in the day with xf86 was the norm I'd always use xf86config. I
>> wonder if maybe I need to install something from pkgsrc? I did the
>> 'full' install of NetBSD - so my assumption is everything /should/
>> be there.
>
> XalphaNetBSD doesn't use a XF86Config file.
>

I realized this and decided to compile XFree86.. we'll see how that goes ;)

Manuel Bouyer

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Feb 7, 2011, 4:50:32 PM2/7/11
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On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 03:52:42PM -0500, Ryan Pugatch wrote:
> I realized this and decided to compile XFree86.. we'll see how that goes ;)

At some time I added Xorg support in NetBSD's source tree for alpha.
You can force building xorg with the appropriate build.sh options
(I don't remember the syntax but build.sh -h should tell you)

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Ryan Pugatch

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Feb 7, 2011, 5:14:12 PM2/7/11
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On 02/07/2011 04:50 PM, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 03:52:42PM -0500, Ryan Pugatch wrote:
>> I realized this and decided to compile XFree86.. we'll see how that goes ;)
>
> At some time I added Xorg support in NetBSD's source tree for alpha.
> You can force building xorg with the appropriate build.sh options
> (I don't remember the syntax but build.sh -h should tell you)
>

Hmm, okay.. well I already have built and installed XFree86 so I might
as well try it. I'll probably get annoyed and end up building Xorg though.

Thanks for the info

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